Vivid Auroras Shimmer Over Northern Sweden by Chad Blakley

Colorful auroras shimmer over northern Sweden on Feb. 21, 2014 in this image from the video “Lights Over Lapland” by Chad Blakley.

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How to See Venus During Daylight Hours

Credit: Robert Roy Britt

This photo may be rather boring, but it illustrates how to find Venus during the daytime. Taken with an iPhone, the picture shows Venus just above our…Read More »

home’s roofline after dawn but before sunrise on Feb. 11, 2014. Having sighted the planet while it was still an obvious beacon, I was able to keep an eye on it as the sun came up and Venus was reduced to a barely visible dot of light. [Read the Full Story Here] Less «

Massive Sunspot AR 1967 in Hydrogen Alpha Light by John Chumack

John Chumack sent Space.com this image of the sun in hydrogen alpha light featuring gigantic sunspot group AR 1967 taken from his backyard in Dayton, Ohio…Read More »

on Feb. 3, 2014 (Lunt 60mm/50 F Ha Scope, DMK 31AF04 Camera 1/436 second exposure, 720 frames Stacked). “Sunspot AR 1967 is now wider than the planet Jupiter and is very active,” Chumack wrote Space.com in an email. [Read the Full Story Behind this Photo Here] Less «

Close-Up of Sunspot AR 1967 in Hydrogen Alpha Light by John Chumack

John Chumack sent Space.com this close up image of the sun in hydrogen alpha light featuring gigantic sunspot group AR 1967 taken from his backyard in…Read More »

Dayton, Ohio on Feb. 3, 2014 (Lunt 60mm/50 F Ha Scope, DMK 21AF04 Camera, 2x barlow 1/60 second exposure, 720 frames Stacked). “Sunspot AR 1967 is now wider than the planet Jupiter and is very active,” Chumack wrote Space.com in an email. [Read the Full Story Behind this Photo Here] Less «

Massive Sunspot AR 1967 by Victor Rogus

2014 from Jadwin, Mo. “It's Back” Rogus wrote Space.com in an email. “Huge Sunspot AR 1944 has returned from its journey around the far side of the Sun. It has been renamed AR 1967 and that is customary for returning sunspots.” Less «

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Mercury Shines Over Pisa by Giuseppe Petricca

Credit: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca sent Space.com this cool photo of planet Mercury shining between the clouds toward the left center of the horizon on Feb. 1, 2014. The…Read More »

photographer superimposed a section to show the planet’s location in the image. Petricca took the photo from Pisa, Italy with a Nikon Coolpix P90 camera on a tripod. The Arno River is nearly flooding the city center, so the water level was this high in the photo, according to the photographer. Less «

The Moon and Earthshine Over Portugal by Miguel Claro

Miguel Claro recently sent Space.com this beautiful image of the moon and Earthshine taken from Almada, Portugal on Feb. 1, 2014. “I could see the night…Read More »

side of the moon very well illuminated by the Earth reflected light, like if it was full moon,” Claro wrote Space.com in an email. “This impressive phenomenon known as Earthshine, was described and drawn for the first time, by the great Leonardo Da Vinci about 500 years ago in his book Codex Leicester.” Less «

The Moon, Earthshine and Codex Leicester Composition by Miguel Claro

Miguel Claro recently sent Space.com this composition of the moon and Earthshine over Almada, Portugal on Feb. 1, 2014 along with an image of the original…Read More »

paper from Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Leicester. “I could see the night side of the moon very well illuminated by the Earth reflected light, like if it was full moon,” Claro wrote Space.com in an email. “This impressive phenomenon known as Earthshine, was described and drawn for the first time, by the great Leonardo Da Vinci about 500 years ago in his book Codex Leicester.” Less «

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Mercury Shines Over Arno River by Giuseppe Petricca

Credit: Giuseppe Petricca

Giuseppe Petricca sent Space.com this cool photo of planet Mercury shining between the clouds toward the left center of the horizon on Feb. 1, 2014. Petricca…Read More »

took the image from Pisa, Italy with a Nikon Coolpix P90 camera on a tripod. The Arno River is nearly flooding the city center, so the water level was this high in the photo, according to the photographer. “This is truly a lucky shot! No other words can describe it,” Petricca wrote Space.com in an email. “The sky was completely overcast since the day before, and only a little spot opened between the cloud layers.” Less «

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Supernova in M 82 by Pál Váradi Nagy

Credit: Pál Váradi Nagy

Pál Váradi Nagy of Cluj-Napoca, Romania sent Space.com this image on of recently spotted supernova in M 82. He captured this image on Jan. 29, 204 using…Read More »